Grammarly for Education

Get started with Grammarly for Education! Join Fanshawe’s account for free as a current student.

As you write, the green Grammarly button will provide advanced suggestions for clarity, correctness, and word choice and assist with outlining and brainstorming.

Grammarly for Education is approved for use at Fanshawe College. The free or premium versions of Grammarly are not approved for use at Fanshawe College. If you have signed up for a free Grammarly account, please make sure it has been switched to your Fanshawe account / Grammarly EDU.

Getting Started with Grammarly

Step 1

Under My Grammarly, you can run through our Get Started checklist, which offers a quick tour and provides details on the websites and apps you expect to use the most. Specify whether you’ll be using Grammarly for school or work (or something else), and Grammarly will tailor its suggestions to your needs.

Step 2

Customize your experience. Under Account, open the Writing tab to select preferences for your personal dictionary, primary language, dialect, and suggestion options.

Step 3

Try Grammarly in Gmail, Outlook, and Google Docs. As you write, the green Grammarly button will provide advanced suggestions for clarity, correctness, and word choice, as well as assist with outlining and brainstorming.

Step 4

Install Grammarly’s desktop and mobile apps or browser extension to 
integrate writing assistance into all the places you write. To download, go to app.grammarly.com and open the Apps tab. For more assistance, check out this Support article.

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Privacy Statement on Grammarly

Before using Grammarly, be aware that any text you enter — including personal information, academic work, or sensitive data — may be processed and stored on external servers. This could pose privacy risks, especially for confidential or original content. Fanshawe recommends that no personal or sensitive information be processed through Grammarly and care be taken with its use.

If you have any questions about this notice or other questions, please contact the privacy office at privacy@fanshawec.ca.